July, 1907 -passing of eight veterans continued; JAMES ROBERT BURNS was born in 1843 in Oconee County, S.C. and died at Anderson in Nov., 1906. In his 19 th year he volunteered in Company F, Orr's Regiment of Rifles and for his courage and high character was made a sharpshooter in McGowan's Brigade in the fall of 1864 under Capt. W.S. Dunlap. He was captured in April, 1865, carried to New York and imprisoned on Hart's Island and kept there until July, 1865. Comrade BURNS was a Revolutionary ancestry, his great-grandfather, JOHN BURNS of Laurens being a noted soldier of the Rev. War. --- Capt. JULIUS L. FRANKLIN died at his home, near Richland, S.C. in Dec., having reached the ripe old age of 80 years. His record as a Confederate soldier is fine; he was a senior captain and at times acted as brigadier general. He was a graduate of the Univ. of S.C. and of Va. --- WASH W. ERSKINE, an aged veteran of the community, is another death reported. He enlisted in the Confederate service from Anderson County and served through the war, making a record surpassed by none. After the war he settled in Oconee county and made one of its best citizens. He was 82 years old. --- COL. B.F. CRAYTON, the oldest citizen of Anderson, died on the night of Feb.5. He was born in Greenville in July, 1820 in 1838 going to Anderson, where he had continuously lived . He closed out his business at the beginning of the war and joined Orr's Regiment of Rifles, of which he was appointed quartermaster but had to resign later on account of his health. He was then placed by MR. DAVIS, in charge of the Confederate States depository at Anderson and handled for the government large amounts of money and bonds. He was elected to the State legislature in 1862, reelected in 1864 . He was elected to the Senate in 1878 and served four years. His boyhood was spent upon a farm where he imbibed a love for agriculture that continued through life. He leaves a son and daughter. --- page328. Free post- nancie --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- drayton5@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.